A tiny animal that it could stay alive in space

      There’s a tiny animal that can survive in such extreme environments that it could stay alive in space.

     They’re called tardigrades, but are more commonly known as moss piglets or waterbears. They are small water-dwelling animals with eight legs and their name means “slow walker.” However, what is amazing about these creatures is that they can live in environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures close to absolute zero and as high as 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

       They can endure over 1,000 times more radiation than other animals and go over a decade without water. These creatures are so amazing that recent studies have found that even when sent into the vacuum of space they returned alive!

An earthquake can shorten the length of a day.

        On February 27, 2010, an earthquake in Chile that registered an 8.8 on the Richter scale may very have shortened the length of a day on Earth. Researchers computed the change to be as much as making a day 1.26 microseconds shorter. In addition, the quake also shifted the Earth on its axis. The Earth's axis moved 2.7 milliarcseconds (which is actually a unit of angular measurement, not time). That's the equivalent of about 8 centimeters or three inches.[Omg facts]

Parrot parents name their children!

          

                  Parrots perhaps more than any other animal are knows for their amazing communication skills in which they can mimic human speech. However, scientists have discovered that their communication skills are even more impressive than previously thought.

         Parrots actually name their children a signature call, which they use to communicate with them later! Where do parrot “names” come from? It’s actually very similar to human names. Parrots give their offspring the distinctive sound to address them before the children can even chirp themselves!  [OMG Facts]

The longest place name in Europe is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

     Ever heard of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? It’s located in Wales, and is comprised of over 3,000 inhabitants, 76% of whom speak fluent Welsh.

      It’s more commonly known as Llanfair PG because of the ridiculous length of its name, and translates from Welsh to, “St. Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of St. Tysilio with a red cave.” The name of this town holds the European record for the longest place name at fifty-eight characters! .. [OMF Facts]

Printer ink is more expensive than blood!

         While a printer is relatively cheap compared to what you might expect, printer companies make a majority of their money on the ink! Over the life of just one printer, you’ll most likely pay over 500% of the price of the printer on just refilling ink cartridges.

      A traditional ink cartridge of 42ml costs around $30, for just plain black ink, while the Red Cross charges $200 for 500ml of human blood. This means that while blood comes out to 40 cents per ml, ink costs 71 cents. [OMG Facts]

The entire musical recordings of Michael Jackson have been stolen!

         About 50,000 music files were illegaly downloaded from the Sony Music servers by hackers. The files were the entirety of Michael Jackson's back catalog. Among the files stolen were unheard studio sessions from some of his biggest albums, like Thriller, and Bad.
       There was also an unreleased collaboration with Will.I.Am. The attack on Sony is just the latest it has suffered by hackers. Last year the Playstation Network was down for a period of time.
        This might be one of the costliest ones, though. Sony paid $250m for the catalog back in 2010.

The Bajau people of Borneo live almost exclusively on boats and experience “land sickness” when they come ashore!

Their nickname is the “sea gypsies.” They mostly live on house boats or houses on stilts built over coral reefs in the ocean. Some of their best free divers can go down 20 meters and stay for a few minutes. Studies have shown that the Bajau children have impressive eyesight underwater, because their eyes have adapted to the liquid environment! Their diet consists mostly of fish, so free diving is very important for them. [OMG Facts]